State crime profile · 2024

Nevada Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 11 cities and 12 counties in Nevada (NV), ranked safest to most dangerous from 72 reporting agencies.

406.6
Violent / 100K
2,226.3
Property / 100K
11
Cities
12
Counties

The verdict

Nevada's 406.6 violent crimes per 100,000 runs 16% above the U.S. average, making it higher-crime than most states.

406.6
violent crimes per 100K
+16%
vs. the U.S. average
34th
safest of 51 states & DC
2,226.3
property crimes per 100K

How safe is Nevada? FBI UCR data snapshot

Nevada (NV) reported 13,286 violent crimes and 72,742 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 72 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 406.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2226.3 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 3,267,467. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 11 Nevada cities and 12 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 635.1 to 406.6 per 100,000, a decline of 36%. City-level detail pages within Nevada include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

State figures roll up the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) submissions from local and county agencies across the state, then express them per 100,000 residents so one state can be compared with another. Statewide averages hide a great deal of variation: a handful of large cities often account for much of a state's reported violent crime, while most of its land area and population live with markedly lower rates. Reporting completeness also differs between states, so a year-over-year change can reflect which agencies filed data as much as any real shift on the ground. Read a state number as the broad backdrop, then drill into the city and county pages for the local detail that actually shapes day-to-day decisions.

Violent Crime Rate
406.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
2226.3/100K
Population
3,267,467
Data Year
2024

How Nevada ranks nationally

Nevada vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

407 33rd percentile lower than 33% of 51 U.S. states

0–100: 0 U.S. states (0%). Below this entry. 100–200: 6 U.S. states (12%). Below this entry. 200–300: 18 U.S. states (35%). Below this entry. 300–400: 10 U.S. states (20%). Below this entry. 400–500: 12 U.S. states (24%). This entry sits in this band. 500–600: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 600–700: 2 U.S. states (4%). Above this entry. 700–800: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 800–900: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 900–1,000: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. 1,000–1,100: 1 U.S. states (2%). Above this entry. 1,100+: 0 U.S. states (0%). Above this entry. NV 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest Cities

Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate

Most Dangerous Cities

Top 50 by highest violent crime rate

Crime Trends

Multi-year charts & analysis

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 3,267,467 13,286 406.6 72,742 2226.3
2023 3,194,176 13,911 435.5 81,954 2565.7
2022 3,177,772 14,546 457.7 76,476 2406.6
2021 3,143,991 13,536 430.5 70,617 2246.1
2020 3,138,259 14,833 472.7 63,273 2016.2
2019 3,080,156 15,268 495.7 72,111 2341.1
2018 3,034,392 17,159 565.5 74,510 2455.5
2017 2,998,039 16,655 555.5 78,663 2623.8
2016 2,940,058 19,875 676 76,165 2590.6
2015 2,890,845 20,144 696.8 77,644 2685.9
2014 2,839,099 18,031 635.1 74,931 2639.3

Cities in Nevada

Safest cities in Nevada

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Henderson is the safest sizeable city in Nevada, at 272.4 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Nevada

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Reno reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Nevada, at 529.6 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Nevada's largest cities — violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 5 cities; the anchor city is ringed. Nevada's largest cities — violent vs. property crime SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME 245 572 Violent crime per 100K → 1,544 2,833 Property crime per 100K → Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: 430 violent · 2,623 property per 100K · grade D Las Vegas Metro… Henderson: 272 violent · 1,715 property per 100K · grade C Henderson North Las Vegas: 389 violent · 1,961 property per 100K · grade C North Las Vegas Reno: 530 violent · 2,445 property per 100K · grade D Reno Sparks: 394 violent · 2,584 property per 100K · grade D Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Nevada's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 1,716,565 429.8 D
Henderson 343,619 272.4 C
North Las Vegas 293,100 388.9 C
Reno 278,313 529.6 D
Sparks 110,807 394.4 D
Mesquite 23,559 123.1 A
Elko 20,861 397.9 C
Boulder City 14,800 182.4 A
Fallon 9,661 207 B
Winnemucca 8,216 693.8 F
West Wendover 4,494 845.6 F

Counties in Nevada

Largest counties in Nevada, violent crime per 100K

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Carson City
Churchill
Douglas
Elko
Eureka
Humboldt
Lander
Lyon
Mineral
Nye
Washoe
White Pine

Nearby States

Compare Nevada with neighboring states, or use the compare tool for side-by-side jurisdiction benchmarking.

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Nebraska
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New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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New Mexico
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Explore Nevada crime data

Safest cities → Most dangerous cities → Crime trends → National rankings → Crime grades → Methodology →

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using PlainCrime rankings responsibly

Crime rankings are most useful when they sit alongside other community-quality signals, school performance, housing affordability, employment, and access to healthcare. A safer-than-average violent-crime rate in a small commuter suburb does not by itself make a city a better place to live; it is one data point among many. Likewise, a higher-than-average rate in a dense urban center may reflect that residents and visitors interact with police more often, not that the city is necessarily unsafe for its residents. We provide cross-links from each city profile to neighboring jurisdictions, state averages, and national benchmarks so you can read each number in context rather than in isolation.

For news outlets, researchers, and concerned residents who cite our rankings, the most defensible approach is to quote the per-100,000 rate, the reporting year, and the source agency in the same sentence. Avoid framing crime statistics as predictive, UCR data describes what was reported in a past year, not what will happen tomorrow. Where possible, pair our rankings with longitudinal trend data on the relevant city's profile page to show whether the rate is moving up, holding steady, or falling year over year.